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31 mai à Saint-Malo – May 31 in Saint-Malo

31 Tuesday May 2016

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Tuesday May 31 the last day of May.  The forecast for today is sunny in the morning and cloudy with a chance of showers in the afternoon.

Phil did a couple of errands early this morning.  The first was to get a baguette and a croissant for breakfast.  After breakfast it was a quick trip to the Intra-Muros marché for strawberries, green beans, apples, pears, and bananas.

Sandy spent most of the sunny morning on the balcony enjoying the sun.

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Sandy enjoying the sun on the balcony, but hiding behind a geranium planter.

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Sandy on the sunny balcony letting her feet get some vitamin D.

One of the awnings had a bit of a problem.  The felt-like lining had come undone and needed to be reinserted into the awning frame.  It took only about 45 minutes to fix the problem and hopefully it will not recur.

After lunch we headed out to our French lesson at Christine’s house.  On the way we had to stop at the gare to change buses.  Since we had a few minutes between buses we stopped at the gare to get our bus passes for June. We got our bus which dropped us very close to Christine’s house.  That was part of our plan to allow Sandy to walk a bit today, but not too much.

At Christine’s Sandy got to explain her foot problem and our visit to the doctor.  It just so happens that Christine is friends with the doctor.  This is a pretty small town.  We discussed how we had to cancel our trip to Normandy, but that we were planning to go as soon as we could reschedule.

While we were at Christine’s house it did rain but just a little.

On our way from Christine’s house to the bus stop we passed a beautiful rosebush.  Just had to take a picture.

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Lovely roses growing in a garden.

When we got back to the Intra-Muros we stopped at Macaron Simon boulangerie to buy a baguette and a tasty treat for dessert.  It look great and tasted delicious.

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A delicious dessert from Macaron Simon.  We don’t even know the name of the pastry, although it was a hazelnut something or other.

At the end of the day Sandy had no additional problems with her foot. In fact, things seem to be rapidly improving.  Very good news for all of us.

30 mai à Saint-Malo – May 30 in Saint-Malo

30 Monday May 2016

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Monday May 30 is a normal work day in France.

It’s a Bank Holiday in the UK and Memorial Day in the US.

We watched a “cherry picker” come down the street.  It was guided by a worker using a remote control driving device.  He was taking photographs and examining the roof and chimney of a neighbor building.

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Cherry picker with worker positioned at the end of our street, working on the roof and walls of the building

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Worker in the cherry picker approaching the building at the end of our street

Sandy’s foot has continued to improve.  It felt much better today but is still a bit swollen.  She’s still not able to wear her normal shoes.  She did take a walk with Phil and did not have any problems.  Her foot still showed an imprint of the sandal straps in just 15 minute of walking.  Not completely back to normal.

During our walk we went to La Poste to mail a letter.  In the same square as La Poste, Place des Frères Lamennais, the former government tax office is being converted into a luxury hotel.

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Place des Frères Lamennais – Former government tax building (background) is being converted to a luxury hotel

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Worker tossing old material out of the former government tax office building as it is being converted to luxury hotel

We noticed “no parking June 1 to June 3” signs placed around our building.  Hopefully the city will be completing the work on the water pipes and finally resurfacing our street following the construction.  Fingers are crossed on this one.

Phil took Sandy back to the apartment and left with our neighbor Jean for a coffee.